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JUGLANS CINEREA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

Synonyms:

butternut; butternut tree; Juglans cinerea; white walnut

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Juglans cinerea" is a kind of...):

walnut; walnut tree (any of various trees of the genus Juglans)

Meronyms (parts of "Juglans cinerea"):

butternut (oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family)

Holonyms ("Juglans cinerea" is a member of...):

genus Juglans; Juglans (type genus of the Juglandaceae)

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